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Enrique Dans
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If EV sales are supposed to be going down, why are they still going up?
If EV sales are supposed to be going down, why are they still going...
Why are we still being bombarded with false information about EVs? In recent weeks, the media has been awash with stories along the lines…
Enrique Dans
Apr 23
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story
A few weeks ago, some readers may have noticed how a few irresponsible “journalists” applied the golden rule of never allowing the facts to…
Enrique Dans
Apr 23
The unsurprising answer to the question the automotive industry has been avoiding
The unsurprising answer to the question the automotive industry has...
A very good article in The New York Times, “What happened when a German car factory went all electric”, is about a Volkswagen plant in…
Enrique Dans
Apr 22
Is there an AI bubble?
Is there an AI bubble?
The answer to that question is a simple yes. Of course there’s an AI bubble; there always is when a game-changing technology is adopted so…
Enrique Dans
Apr 21
The United States’ actions delay global decarbonization
The United States’ actions delay global decarbonization
Rumors have been circulating for some months now that Mexico could be the ideal location for rapidly growing Chinese EV makers to set up…
Enrique Dans
Apr 20
For the moment, AI is helping developers, not replacing them
For the moment, AI is helping developers, not replacing them
GitHub Copilot, a code generation and autocomplete wizard developed by Microsoft and OpenAI in 2021, has been widely adopted by the…
Enrique Dans
Apr 19
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It’s really simple: EVs mean cleaner air in our cities
It’s really simple: EVs mean cleaner air in our cities
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who operate a network with dozens of sophisticated sensors in the San Francisco Bay…
Enrique Dans
Apr 18
Alexa, why haven’t smart speakers evolved?
Alexa, why haven’t smart speakers evolved?
I’m puzzled by the failure of smart speakers such as Amazon’s Echo, which we all know as Alexa, or Google Assistant, to incorporate the…
Enrique Dans
Apr 17
Not all fabs are equally fabulous….
Not all fabs are equally fabulous….
Covid provided a stark warning about the fragility of the global economy’s supply chains, particularly so in the case of chips, which are…
Enrique Dans
Apr 16
Students are going to use generative algorithms, so let’s make sure they do so properly
Students are going to use generative algorithms, so let’s make sure they do so properly
A study conducted by the creators of the leading plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, claims that over the past year, students turned in…
Enrique Dans
Apr 15
Online advertising is a cesspit
Online advertising is a cesspit
A highly recommended article in The Wall Street Journal, “‘Made for Advertising websites’ are the marketing industry’s latest messy…
Enrique Dans
Apr 14
Worker robots of the world unite!
Worker robots of the world unite!
The list of enterprises exploring the potential of combining robotics and generative artificial intelligence grows longer: Tesla’s…
Enrique Dans
Apr 13
The Digital Markets Act gets off to a good start
The Digital Markets Act gets off to a good start
Reuters reveals some early effects of the recently introduced Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union, among them a significant…
Enrique Dans
Apr 12
Let’s not get lost in translation: why learning a language is a good thing
Let’s not get lost in translation: why learning a language is a good thing
At this point, it may sound redundant to say that Large Language Models (LLMs) can now generate text: by feeding these models with billions…
Enrique Dans
Apr 10
Stopping China and decarbonization: what kind of sense does that make?
Stopping China and decarbonization: what kind of sense does that make?
During her visit to China last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her country is considering imposing heavy tariffs on…
Enrique Dans
Apr 10
Seems like Spotify has been listening to what people are asking ChatGPT
Seems like Spotify has been listening to what people are asking ChatGPT
Spotify has launched a playlist creation feature through generative artificial intelligence using a text prompt for a particular type of…
Enrique Dans
Apr 8
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